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A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… parish of Brinkley, which covers 1,303 a., lies 5 miles south-west of Newmarket and 10 miles east of Cambridge. 1 It is long and narrow, being 5 miles from north-west to south-east and less than a mile across at its widest point. Between 1816 and 1886 c. 33 a. to the south of the village, known as Carlton field and Spring …
A History of the County of Warwick
… takes a right-angled turn and runs more or less north and south, forming the main street of the large and compact … to Rugby. The Fosse Way crosses the parish from north to south, but its course near the village is obliterated, the … of the castle. It consists of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, west tower, and north and south porches; the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… The north part of the parish was Brinkworth tithing, the south Grittenham tithing. 2 About 1320 c. 300 a. east of the … 309 a., were transferred to Brinkworth in 1884. 7 To the south-east 42 a., a detached part of Dauntsey, were transferred to Brinkworth in 1884 and, to the south, a total of 16 a. were transferred from Dauntsey and …
A History of the County of Oxford
… and the hill slopes of the Chilterns. Britwell Hill in the south was the parish's highest point: here the land rises … Baldwin to Britwell Salome village, and its continuation south through the village is shown on Davis's map of 1797. … and enlarged at later periods, but its west gable on the south side has the date 1640. The most distinguished house in …
A History of the County of Northampton
… but incorporating parts of an older house. The main, or south, front has a centrally placed doorway with semicircular … the older houses being grouped round, and largely to the south of, the roughly circular enclosure formed by the Hall … stands in the middle of the north part of the village, south of the church, on a calvary of four octagonal steps. …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… of Broad Chalke township, c. 3,700 a., extended north and south from the village; those of Stoke Farthing in the north-east corner of the parish and of Knighton in the south-east corner each measured c. 1,000 a., and those of … follows the watershed of the Ebble and Nadder. In the south the parish extends beyond the Ebble valley to the …
A History of the County of Wiltshire
… Broad Hinton lies at the head of the Kennet valley 7 km. south-west of Swindon. 1 The parish included Broad Hinton, … parish of Broad Hinton, 1,260 ha. (3,114 a.), 5 lies south-east of the ridge. The history of Broad Town tithing … line from Cockroost Farm to Quidhampton Wood in Wroughton. South-east of the line is the Kennet valley, 4 km. wide …
A History of the County of Hertford
… Middle Wood and Chapel Wood, and a small copse in the south called Foxholes. In the 17th century, however, the … lies on the high chalk land, reaching an altitude in the south-east of 465 ft. above the ordnance datum, but falls to … this road went no further than Broadfield, but turned south again and joined the CotteredBuntingford road. 4 It is …
A History of the County of Worcester
… village is picturesque and lies chiefly on the north and south of the main road from Worcester to Bromyard, the land … are approached. The church lies in a wooded hollow to the south-west of the village close to the River Teme. On the … 17th-century additions. In 1884 the part of Broadwas lying south of the River Teme was, by order of the Local Government …
A History of the County of Worcester
… Broadway, which comprises 4,990 acres, lies at the extreme south-eastern corner of the county and is almost entirely … of Broadway Hill. At the cast end of the village, on the south side of the road, is the house known as Court Farm, the … The fragment of the hall is only visible externally on the south or garden front, and the window lighting the ground …